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Schools cash in on California Lottery — but not much

posted Mar 10, 2012, 9:13 PM by Gary Jones

Last year, $1.3 billion of Lottery sales went to California schools.

But does it really help public schools?

"That's a question that is frequently asked. A lot of people think it provides more revenues than it does," said Margaret Weston, an expert in K-12 school finance for the Public Policy Institute of California.